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Newcastle Held by 10-Man Villa After Konsa Sees Red
This is Beirut 16/08 16:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Football Premier League Newcastle
Newcastle got a worrying glimpse of life without Alexander Isak as they were held to a 0-0 draw in their Premier League opener at Aston Villa despite Ezri Konsa's dismissal. Villa defender Konsa was sent off for a professional foul on Anthony Gordon midway through the second half on Saturday. But Newcastle were unable to take advantage in a ...
Challenges to Hezbollah's Resurgence and Lebanon's Sovereignty
Amal Chmouny 10/08 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hezbollah Lebanese Army Donald Trump Israel Joseph Aoun
Lebanon is navigating a complex political and military landscape, with a strong push from the United States and the international community encouraging the Lebanese government to enhance state sovereignty and work towards the disarmament of Hezbollah and other armed groups. Recently, US presidential envoy Tom Barrack presented a comprehensive plan ...
Gabon Forest Cave Unlocks Secrets of Human Origins
This is Beirut 06/08 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Heritage Archeology Culture Gabon Africa
In Gabon's sprawling forest, archaeologists dig for ancient clues that could unlock the secrets of how prehistoric humans lived and interacted within the changing landscape of Central Africa. Two billion years ago, the eastern Gabonese region of Lastourville was covered by a vast ocean. But that has long given way to dense forest and dolomite ...
Needle Attacks: Between Collective Rumor and Stalled Investigations
Bélinda Ibrahim 07/08 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Needle Attacks Concerts World Investigations
Concerts, festivals, nightclubs and crowded subway carriages – these lively, bustling venues have, in recent years, become the alleged sites of a phenomenon as disturbing as it is elusive. Since autumn 2021, hundreds of people across France have reported sudden needle pricks in their legs, arms or backs, followed by nausea, dizziness, fainting ...
Swiatek Swamps Rybakina, to Face Paolini in Cincinnati Final
This is Beirut 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
USA Cincinnati Swiatek Tennis Elena Rybakina
Iga Swiatek reached the final of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Open for the first time on Sunday, surging past Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-3 to book a title clash with Jasmine Paolini. The six-time Grand Slam champion earned a Monday evening final against an opponent with nothing to lose after Paolini managed to "forget" a patch of bad form to claim a 6-3, ...
Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport: Lebanon Clings to a Single Lifeline
Liliane Mokbel 07/08 17:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
As in every summer, Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport (BIA) is overwhelmed by waves of Lebanese expatriates returning home for the holidays. This year’s record influx has turned the terminals into overcrowded hubs. Long queues stretch before the General Security counters, where wait times drag on. Congestion peaks when multiple flights ...
Steely Sinner Advances Amid Cincinnati Power-Failure Chaos
This is Beirut 12/08 10:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Jannik Sinner ignored power failure interruptions and a blaring alarm to defeat Gabriel Diallo 6-2, 7-6 (8/6) on Monday's day of distractions at the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Open. The top-seeded defending champion got down to business against a Canadian ranked 35th who was plagued by eight first-set double-faults and 49 unforced errors in the match ...
Decision Time as Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Begin
This is Beirut 05/08 12:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
UN Environment Plastic Pollution Treaty
Countries will start the clock Tuesday on 10 days of talks aimed at hammering out a landmark global treaty on combating the scourge of plastic pollution. Three years of negotiations hit the wall in South Korea in December when a group of oil-producing states blocked a consensus. Since the failure in Busan, countries have been working behind ...
August 4: Four Witnesses at the Epicenter
Moncef Ait-Kaci 04/08 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
august 4 lebanon beirut port explosion
That day began like any other. Sam, a young bartender then working in Hamra, was already on shift, and the restaurant was packed. “I was preparing orders when I felt the ground shaking. A massive jolt. They say there were two explosions, but I only heard one. A sound unlike anything I’d ever heard.” Jacques, architect, was sitting down to ...
Ukraine: From the First Shot to the Trump-Putin Summit
Moncef Ait-Kaci 15/08 20:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Ukraine Vladimir Putin Alaska Russia
It all began in Maidan Square, at the heart of what history would remember as the “Revolution of Dignity” or “Euromaidan.” In November 2013, thousands of Ukrainians gathered in Kyiv to say “no” to a pro-Russian turn and to demand “a European future.” Months of violently repressed protests led to the flight of President Viktor ...
Israeli Security Cabinet to Hold Talks Over Future Gaza War Plans
This is Beirut 07/08 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Palestine Benjamin Netanyahu United Nations Hamas Israel
Israel's security cabinet is expected to meet later Thursday to discuss future military plans in Gaza, according to Israeli media reports, amid speculation of a full takeover of the besieged Palestinian territory. The planned meeting comes as international outrage over the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza has ratcheted up pressure on Israel, ...
Trump Says Would Meet Putin Without Zelensky Sit-Down
This is Beirut 08/08 05:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelensky Vladimir Putin Russia United States Ukraine
US President Donald Trump said Thursday he would meet with Vladimir Putin for upcoming talks on the Ukraine war even if the Russian leader had not sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The statement, which contradicted earlier reports that a Putin-Zelensky meeting was a prerequisite for the summit, came after Trump gave Moscow ...
Kim Novak, Hollywood’s Free-Spirited Star Honored in Venice
Bélinda Ibrahim 12/08 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Venice Film Festival Kim Novak Actress Cinema Star Hollywood
Born Marilyn Pauline Novak on February 13, 1933, in Chicago, Kim Novak was never just another actress. With her sculpted features, melancholy gaze and enigmatic screen presence, she emerged in the 1950s as one of Hollywood’s defining figures. Yet behind that meteoric rise was a fiercely independent woman who resisted the rules of the studio ...
Haaland Fires Man City to Opening Win at Wolves
This is Beirut 17/08 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Football Premier League Manchester City
Manchester City signalled their intent to take back the Premier League title as Erling Haaland struck twice in a 4-0 win at Wolves on Saturday to begin their campaign. After four consecutive titles, City finished a distant third last season as Pep Guardiola's men failed to win any trophy for the first time in eight years. New signings Tijjani ...
Fritz Fights Through To Reach ATP Toronto Masters Quarters
This is Beirut 04/08 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Tennis Taylor Fritz ATP Toronto Masters
Taylor Fritz battled into Monday morning before finally getting past Czech Jiri Lehecka with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/5) victory in three hours to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Toronto Masters. The US second seed finished off a complete matched set of Masters 1000 quarter-finals as the last piece of the puzzle fell into place in ...
European Powers Tell UN They Are Ready to Reimpose Iran Sanctions
This is Beirut 13/08 11:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Nations UN Security Council E3 Iran Berlin
Britain, France and Germany have told the United Nations they are ready to reimpose UN-mandated sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program if no diplomatic solution is found by the end of August, according to a joint letter obtained by AFP. The letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council says the three European ...
Putin Meets US Envoy Witkoff Ahead of Sanctions Deadline
This is Beirut 06/08 07:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Steve Witkoff Russia United States
Russian President Vladimir Putin met US envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, two days ahead of a deadline imposed by US President Donald Trump on Moscow to halt its Ukraine offensive or face fresh sanctions. Trump, who had boasted he could end the conflict within 24 hours of taking office, has given Russia until Friday to ...
German Great Mueller Has Goal Ruled Out on MLS Debut for Vancouver
This is Beirut 13:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Mueller MLS Football Vancouver
Thomas Mueller made his Major League Soccer debut on Sunday as a second-half substitute for the Vancouver Whitecaps in a 1-1 draw with Houston Dynamo that left the Germany great with "mixed feelings" after he had a goal disallowed for offside. Vancouver were up 1-0 courtesy of Brian White's sixth-minute penalty when the former Bayern Munich ...
Putin-Trump Summit: What Each Side Wants
This is Beirut 15/08 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelensky Summit Ukraine Russia
The US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are to meet at a US air base in Alaska on Friday for talks on the Ukraine war. Expectations are high for the first summit between sitting US and Russian presidents in more than four years, but Moscow and Kyiv remain far apart in their visions on how to end the conflict. It will be ...
Israeli Far-Right Minister Backs Contentious West Bank Settlement Plan
This is Beirut 14/08 22:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
West Bank Benjamin Netanyahu United Nations Israel Palestine
Israel's finance minister on Thursday backed plans to build 3,400 homes in a particularly contentious area of the occupied West Bank, calling for the territory's annexation in response to several countries' plans to recognize a Palestinian state. In response, the United Nations chief warned that building Israeli homes in the area ...
US Suspends Visas for Gazans After Far-Right Influencer Posts
This is Beirut 17/08 02:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gaza Palestine Israel United States
The US government said Saturday it is suspending visitor visas for Gazans after a far-right influencer with the ear of President Donald Trump complained that wounded Palestinians had been allowed to seek medical treatment in the United States. The announcement came one day after a series of furious social media posts by Laura Loomer, who is known ...
Naim Qassem: “No Life in Lebanon if Government Confronts Resistance”
This is Beirut 15/08 10:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah’s secretary-general, Naim Qassem, once again made a show of defiance on Friday, intensifying threats against the Lebanese state and its people. In a speech more aggressive than his previous ones, Qassem bluntly tied Lebanon’s fate to his group’s weapons. “Lebanon can only be built with all its components. If it ...
Assad Is Gone. The Syrian Problem Persists
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 12/08 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Israel Syria Hezbollah Ahmad el Sharaa
Nine months after Bashar al-Assad's fall and Ahmad al-Sharaa's rise to power, the UN Security Council met to address Syria’s ongoing crisis. The Council urged Damascus to establish a government “of the Syrians, by the Syrians, for the Syrians.” Despite the change in leadership, the Security Council views Syria as a failing state. Damascus ...
The Russian Past of Alaska, Where Trump and Putin Will Meet
This is Beirut 11/08 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold a high-stakes meeting about the Ukraine war on Friday in Alaska, which the United States bought from Russia more than 150 years ago. Russian influence still endures in parts of the remote state on the northwest edge of the North American continent, which extends just a few miles from ...
'Unspeakable Horror': the Attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This is Beirut 04/08 12:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
USA Hiroshima Nagasaki Nuclear Hibakusha
Japan this week marks 80 years since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II. The first on August 6, 1945 killed around 140,000 people in Hiroshima and three days later another 74,000 perished in Nagasaki. Here are some facts about the devastating attacks: The bombs The first atomic bomb was dropped ...
Lebanon’s Death by a Thousand Hezbollah Cuts
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 05/08 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Nawaf Salam Joseph Aoun Nabih Berri
It took Lebanon’s cabinet six months to even begin discussing the fate of Hezbollah’s arsenal. Whatever decision emerges will go to the Higher Defense Council for further deliberation and planning, then to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to devise an implementation strategy. If each step takes as long as the first, disarming Hezbollah could be ...
Giotto, Padua, Jerusalem: The First Kiss in Art History
Bélinda Ibrahim 05/08 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Giotto Jerusalem Padua Kiss Art History
Within the sacred dimness of the Scrovegni Chapel, this scene immediately draws the eye with its unexpected tenderness. Two faces nearly touch, two foreheads gently meet and two lips reach for each other. This is neither Romeo and Juliet nor Tristan and Isolde, but Joachim and Anne, the biblical couple and parents of Mary, the future mother of ...
Brazil: Why Lightning (Almost) Always Spares Christ the Redeemer
Bélinda Ibrahim 06/08 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Brazil Christ the Redeemer Lightning Science Rio de Janeiro
Standing 38 meters tall, arms outstretched atop Mount Corcovado, Christ the Redeemer watches over Rio de Janeiro. But this stone guardian, national symbol of Brazil, is also a prime target for lightning strikes. At nearly 710 meters above sea level and perched in isolation, the statue is struck an average of four to six times per year. During ...
Larijani Starts Iraq and Lebanon Tour Amid High Tensions over Hezbollah's Disarmament
This is Beirut 11/08 20:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah Israel Tehran Ali Larijani
Ali Larijani, the head of Iran's top security body, met with senior officials in Iraq on Monday, ahead of a visit to Lebanon, where the government plans to disarm Tehran-backed group Hezbollah. Tehran has suffered a series of blows in its long-running rivalry with Israel, including during 12 days of open war between the two countries in ...
Sheila Jordan, the Voice of Jazz, Dies at 96
This is Beirut 12/08 18:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Sheila Jordan Jazz Singer Homage
The jazz world has lost one of its most singular voices. Sheila Jordan, singer, composer and educator known for her unique timbre and unmatched improvisational skill, died on August 11, 2025, in New York at the age of 96. The news was confirmed by her longtime bassist, Harvie S., on US public radio NPR, prompting a wave of tributes ...